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Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:24:21 2010 No.902742 [Reply] [Original]

So do authors, or any of you, use and specific software to write or is it just Word or Notepad?

I'm curious as to how similar it is to something like printing a digital photo. The photo has to be a proper resolution for certain sizes etc. Does this translate to printing a book?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:30:21 2010 No.902760 i write it all in the 4chan comment section and then save it to notepad. if anon likes it i delete it empty folder so far

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:30:21 2010 No.902757 Word and a laser printer to print out a bunch of manuscripts

>>	Arcueid Brunestud !ARCIkc4cG6 Mon Jul 12 02:31:21 2010 No.902762 I use DarkRoom. http://they.misled.us/dark-room

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:32:21 2010 No.902766 >>902760 1. Find grade A writing on 4chan 2. Tell anon that his work sucks 3. Save anon's work 4. Publish anon's work under own name 5. ???? 6. PROFIT!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:32:21 2010 No.902767 I write on paper. If its something I don't hate after awhile, I'll type it up and edit with Word. Then print out, put into my pile and send it out eventually.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:33:21 2010 No.902770 >>902766 except there has never been original Grade A writing on 4chan.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:36:21 2010 No.902773 >>902762 Holy crap I remember seeing this (or something very much like this) When one of my uncles friends was writing a book about 10 years ago. I was so intrigued by it.

>>	Arcueid Brunestud !ARCIkc4cG6 Mon Jul 12 02:40:21 2010 No.902782 >>902773 It's the only way to write on a computer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:40:21 2010 No.902783 >>902762 Thank you for this. So, you never use spellcheck, or what?

>>	Arcueid Brunestud !ARCIkc4cG6 Mon Jul 12 02:41:21 2010 No.902788 >>902783 If I want to spell-check I can just copy + Paste it into a more conventional word processor.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:42:21 2010 No.902790 File: 27 KB, 640x480, 1259614215909.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>902766 >Find grade A writing on 4chan

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 02:48:21 2010 No.902803 yWriter, yWriter, yWriter, yWriter, YWRITER. http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html I cannot POSSIBLY recommend this enough. And it's free. You have no excuse.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:08:21 2010 No.903252 >>902803 This looks very helpful, thanks anon.

Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:16:21 2010 No.903262

Sorry to ask a related but fairly off-topic question but:
How do you guys organize your ideas for characters and plots, not full drafts?

I just have notebooks full of writing, doodles, photos, fabric, clippings, and other media that relate to the person or event, but I think I should probably incorporate some sort of digital cataloging so my work isn't destroyed by a coffee cup.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:19:21 2010 No.903269 >>903262 I use Liquid Story Binder for it. It's pretty nifty. http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com/ (you can probably find a cracked version somewhere on thepiratebay).

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:24:21 2010 No.903279 File: 595 B, 61x60, vim.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I write most of my stuff with vim. I'm probably the only author on earth to do so, but there you have it.

>>	Croaker !!DDgOIlOdqYI Mon Jul 12 07:24:21 2010 No.903281 It's all about LyX.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:27:08 2010 No.903286 stOｐ_FｕｃKＩNｇ_AｔTａCｋｉＮｇ_ＷＷｗ.aNoＬａＷＬtAlＫ.sＥｒｅPlＡCｅ LａｗL_ｗｉTｈＮ aohl a f uqjmxazfr c nf kz j vhnv

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:28:21 2010 No.903288 I guess I'm just a fucking badass. I wrote my novel in Word. None of this yWriter or Darkroom shit. As for notes, I had a document called Notes. When I thought of something, I hit Shift+Enter a few times and wrote the fucking information.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:30:21 2010 No.903292 >>903281 LyX is pig disgusting. TeXnicCenter master race reporting in.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:31:21 2010 No.903296 >>903262 >fabric no offense but who the fuck collects fabric for writing a novel??

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:31:37 2010 No.903293 >>902741 ｓTｏP ｆＵＣｋiNg ＡｔｔacＫIＮｇ_ｗＷW.ＡNＯlａwＬｔａｌｋ.ｓｅ rｅＰlaCＥ LAwL_Ｗitｈ N lcgwrd whs cujphyg hn dcbf scefaas hdclbx

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:38:21 2010 No.903311 >>903296 Obviously someone who will write a better novel than you ever will.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:39:21 2010 No.903315 I'm using Word.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:39:21 2010 No.903316 REAL MEN WRITE BOOKS ON PAPER. SHEETS AND SHEETS OF PAPER. PAPER EVERYWHERE. HARDMODE: OWN A CAT, LET IT INTO WRITING ROOM.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:44:21 2010 No.903323 >>902742 I loved it. Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:44:21 2010 No.903325 >>903311 Agreed. Inspiration can come from anything at all, and keeping those things close to your writing will help you keep the feeling you're going for with the words.

>>	Arcueid Brunestud !ARCIkc4cG6 Mon Jul 12 07:54:21 2010 No.903341 >>903316 >Real men kill trees!1! FUCK YEAER Paper costs money.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 07:59:21 2010 No.903346 >>903296 someone with a patch of coarse, ercu, muslin with a vibrant paisley pattern that still smells of the open market where I bought it.

>>	AnonymousRebel !KLlX92BWJY Mon Jul 12 07:59:21 2010 No.903345 >>902803 HOLY SHIT, this had helped me so much

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:00:21 2010 No.903347 >>902803 Why do you recommend it so highly?

>>	AnonymousRebel !KLlX92BWJY Mon Jul 12 08:00:21 2010 No.903348 >>903311 lol...nice that made me FUCK YEAH

>>	AnonymousRebel !KLlX92BWJY Mon Jul 12 08:01:21 2010 No.903351 >>903288 Ywriter is not a program you use to actually write it, it is a....master race ORGANIZA I FUCKING LOVE IT IT IS DIGITAL!!!!! OF FUCK YEAR

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:01:45 2010 No.903350 SｔoＰ_ＦＵCkING_aTｔＡcKｉｎｇｗWｗ.ＡNｏlawＬｔＡLｋ.SＥ_ＲＥpｌaＣＥ lＡＷL_ｗiTｈ_Ｎ t hhetaihp acm g mm cp ahg g gh im

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:11:21 2010 No.903359 >>903341 YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE COSTS MONEY? HOOKERS! LIKE THE ONES YOU'LL BE GETTING AFTER YOU WRITE A BOOK WITH PAPER!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 08:15:21 2010 No.903365 >>903351 and in English that means...?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 12:08:21 2010 No.903827 Darkroom. No distractions. Just a black screen with green text.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 12:16:21 2010 No.903841 I type stuff on AppleWorks, edit in Word. Recently, I've been moving to cut AppleWorks out of the equation and just roll completely with Word.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 12 13:08:21 2010 No.903996 Word for manuscript, OneNote for notes/research/worldbuilding. It works for me.

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